suod

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English sword.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʷod/

Noun

suod (plural suod dem, quantified suod)

1. sword
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Iibruu 11:37:

     Dem stuon som a dem, an tek saa kot dem iina tuu an yuuz suod kil dem aaf tu […]

     They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword […]

   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Revilieshan 13:10:

     Ef nobadi fi get lak op iina prizn, a dat a-go apm tu dem. Ef nobadi fi get kil wid di suod, dem a-go get kil wid di suod […]

     If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain […]